DCHP-1 Online
cross-checking Hockey 
n. an illegal manner of checking an opponent. See 1963 quote.
- 1958 Derf Swanston sat out two minutes at 4.08 for cross-checking. . . .
- 1963 The rule on cross-checking calls it "a check delivered with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice."
- 1966 . . . during some cross-checking he cut John's lip to earn a five-minute penalty.
- 1958 Derf Swanston sat out two minutes at 4.08 for cross-checking. . . .